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things that the senate will be doing over the next weeks and months is the confirmations, and john kerry's hearing for secretary of state to be later this month and thought to be a shoo-in, but how realistic to be an opportunity for republicans to air grievances about the president's foreign policy? >> geared more towards chuck hagel ironically, because senator ker are ri iry is respe the democratic and the republican side and he has the credentials so they will hold the fire for chuck hagel who is going to be secretary of defense. >> and you said that chuck hagel brings up the next topic, the conservative group america future fund, and they have produced a tv spot blasting chuck hagel and his supporter senator chuck schumer that is going to air on cable outlets and this is a look at a it and the left is not happy with hagel either and they have a use your mandate saying that he is a bad choice for women and gays and support for israel. what is chuck hagel's confirmation hearing going to look like? >> this is going to be the opportunity for republicans who were obviously unhappy with the p
things that the senate will be doing over the next weeks and months is the confirmations, and john kerry's hearing for secretary of state to be later this month and thought to be a shoo-in, but how realistic to be an opportunity for republicans to air grievances about the president's foreign policy? >> geared more towards chuck hagel ironically, because senator ker are ri iry is respe the democratic and the republican side and he has the credentials so they will hold the fire for chuck...
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it was secretary kerry and secretary hagel and susan rice. they said without any kind of doubt that gas was used and that the assad regime is the one who did it. and they are positively sure about that. i think it's important for the president to do something, because i think to do nothing would show every spot around the world you can gas your own people, you can gas innocent civilians and you can get children and get away with it. the pictures of the children foaming at the mouth and died will last for me in a lifetime. in a 21st century we should say that is totally unacceptable and a war crime. >> we look over the history since 2007, he was then senator obama. he wrote the following. i want to play this. here is what several key members of your own party have said about the president striking another country without congressional consent. here is joe biden. >> i'd like to be clear. the president does not have the authority to launch military action in iran without first seeking congressional a authorization. >> we don't believe any author
it was secretary kerry and secretary hagel and susan rice. they said without any kind of doubt that gas was used and that the assad regime is the one who did it. and they are positively sure about that. i think it's important for the president to do something, because i think to do nothing would show every spot around the world you can gas your own people, you can gas innocent civilians and you can get children and get away with it. the pictures of the children foaming at the mouth and died...
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kerry's trip coincides with the fact that tensions are high. part of a report by the pentagon as defense intelligence agency was disclosed in a congressional hearing yesterday and the agency went on the say that it's had moderate confidence that north korea is probably capable of mounting a nuclear weapon on a missile, that such a weapon would likely not be reliable. but the secretary responded to that today and i just want to play it for everybody. take a look. >> it is inaccurate to suggest that the dbrk has fully tested, developed or demonstrated capabilities that are articulated in that report. >> that report was is not supposed to be made public. so is there the possibility that the north is that much closer to being capable of hitting u.s. territories with a nuclear weapon? >> right. well, thank you, thomas. it was important yesterday that the pentagon and the director of national intelligence now secretary kerry have come out and said we actually don't think north korea has all the necessary capabilities for a nuclear armed missile. this
kerry's trip coincides with the fact that tensions are high. part of a report by the pentagon as defense intelligence agency was disclosed in a congressional hearing yesterday and the agency went on the say that it's had moderate confidence that north korea is probably capable of mounting a nuclear weapon on a missile, that such a weapon would likely not be reliable. but the secretary responded to that today and i just want to play it for everybody. take a look. >> it is inaccurate to...
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the full senate expected to vote on kerry's nomination later today. but, again, smooth waters there for what looks like to be the next secretary of state, john kerry. so, again, that vote coming up this afternoon. we do want to move on, though, and talk about who will now be considered the former secretary of state after the vote this afternoon, hillary clinton. she had an opportunity to speak about what it's like to be living in such a bipartisan world of washington, d.c., right now. again, her farewell week has been really one of high aplomb, but take a look at this. >> but it's become more so, and it's also resulted in less productivity, you know? you can be partisan, you can have a strong sense of the rightness of your position, but democracy and certainly legislative bodies require compromise. and you can't let compromise become a dirty word, because then you fear toward fanaticism. >> maria teresa, has "compromise" really become a dirty word, especially when it's over a hot-button issue like immigration reform? >> i think absolutely. and i think
the full senate expected to vote on kerry's nomination later today. but, again, smooth waters there for what looks like to be the next secretary of state, john kerry. so, again, that vote coming up this afternoon. we do want to move on, though, and talk about who will now be considered the former secretary of state after the vote this afternoon, hillary clinton. she had an opportunity to speak about what it's like to be living in such a bipartisan world of washington, d.c., right now. again,...
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i want to talk more about the op-ed you have on john kerry, and you write, "for a change, people were laughing with him, not at him, during his first day at the state department yesterday." and i want to show for everybody the reason why. take a look. >> here's the big question before the country and the world and the state department after the last eight years. can a man actually run the state department? i don't know. as the saying goes, i have big heels to fill. >> all right, so a logical question there. but how big of a change is this for the former senator? i mean, a lot of people who know him best do feel that this is the role he was born to play. >> yeah, i certainly think so. and he's been rumored for this position, going back to when gore was running for president. everybody always brings up john kerry's name, and obviously the circumstances didn't align until right now. but think about it, he was the son of a diplomat, spent a lot of time abroad as a kid. went off and served in the military, and was a foreign policy specialist in the senate. chairman of the foreign relations
i want to talk more about the op-ed you have on john kerry, and you write, "for a change, people were laughing with him, not at him, during his first day at the state department yesterday." and i want to show for everybody the reason why. take a look. >> here's the big question before the country and the world and the state department after the last eight years. can a man actually run the state department? i don't know. as the saying goes, i have big heels to fill. >> all...
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kerry told house democrats this is a moment for the united states. and pointing out the reference to the 1938 munich agreement from hitler and chamberlain after chamberlain said it would lead to peace for our time and history showing that is pretty much junk. but the hard line that the white house is taking in its drive for degree of medical approval for syrian resolution, is there anything the president can do to sell you and other skeptical members that action is what is needed and must be done? >> listen. i'm sick and tired of stupid historical metaphors that have nothing to do with this. i don't think as many people alive remember munich right now and properly so, that has nothing to do with this. let's look at the facts of this situation. this whole situation has nothing to do with us. not a single american has been attacked. not anyone of our allies has been attacked. this is a civil war and it's becoming a proxy war between sunni fundamentalists and shiite fundamentalists and neither one of whom wish us as well. in addition to the attack being
kerry told house democrats this is a moment for the united states. and pointing out the reference to the 1938 munich agreement from hitler and chamberlain after chamberlain said it would lead to peace for our time and history showing that is pretty much junk. but the hard line that the white house is taking in its drive for degree of medical approval for syrian resolution, is there anything the president can do to sell you and other skeptical members that action is what is needed and must be...
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. >> so senator john kerry has been nominated to take over her post. do you think, though, the order of how things are going to go is that we're going to need to hear from secretary clinton first about benghazi before anything moves forward for kerry's confirmation? >> well, senator corker, who is going to be the ranking republican member on the senate foreign relations committee s m intimated that that's what he wants to do. he is putting a precondition on senator kerry's hearing before -- in order to have secretary clinton testify. now, i don't know how the order of things will eventually einvolve, but i know the secretary for 35 years -- this is secretary clinton. i'm convinced there is no doubt in my mind that she would like to be able to go before her former colleagues and make sure they had the assurances of her own involvement and understanding of how she intends to before she leaves to make sure that the recommendations that are implemented by the pickering-mullen commission are indeed implemented. >> how important is that to any future as we l
. >> so senator john kerry has been nominated to take over her post. do you think, though, the order of how things are going to go is that we're going to need to hear from secretary clinton first about benghazi before anything moves forward for kerry's confirmation? >> well, senator corker, who is going to be the ranking republican member on the senate foreign relations committee s m intimated that that's what he wants to do. he is putting a precondition on senator kerry's hearing...
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so it's not a polarizing issue with john kerry. part of the reason we are seeing less dysfunction -- on other issues they are not as divided. you may have 80 senators vote for immigration at the toechbd day, i think. >> we are talking about the senate not being as dysfunctional, the house still seems to be just as dysfunctional as it has been over the past few years, will that be accurate? >> i think you have house republicans starting to see what their political incentives have and that is why they suspended the debt ceiling. they went on a retreat and got a talking to by boehner and others that said, let's not commit political suicide again. people are blaming us, hosts on msnbc are blaming us for all the stuff and we have to stop giving them a reason to do it. >> thank you both. for our folks at yale, we would like acknowledgment that we have had two alums on at the same time, so send us a check. >> sorry, molly. >> coming up, we will talk more about chuck hagel's conformation hearing with former senator and fellow vietnam war v
so it's not a polarizing issue with john kerry. part of the reason we are seeing less dysfunction -- on other issues they are not as divided. you may have 80 senators vote for immigration at the toechbd day, i think. >> we are talking about the senate not being as dysfunctional, the house still seems to be just as dysfunctional as it has been over the past few years, will that be accurate? >> i think you have house republicans starting to see what their political incentives have and...
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joining me is kerry sanders in miami. explain to us how this process works in florida and hasn't zimmerm zimmerman's defense fund made enough money to pay off that debt? >> there is a difference between costs and legal fees. >> reporter: the state of florida allows somebody charged with a crime who is acquitted to get their costs actually covered by the state. so, for instance, in george zirlman's case the simple things like photocopying and a court report. you have to fly experts in and pay their fees and producing a video of what they believe happened that night when with george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. all of those costs according to the defense attorney are as you noted in the range of 200,000 to 300,0 300,000. the concept you shouldn't be bankrupted in the effort to defend yourself and so the state has an agency, the jac, judicial administrative commission, that will take those costs and go through them and actually pay them. if we go back a little bit, you'll remember in the casey anthony case that
joining me is kerry sanders in miami. explain to us how this process works in florida and hasn't zimmerm zimmerman's defense fund made enough money to pay off that debt? >> there is a difference between costs and legal fees. >> reporter: the state of florida allows somebody charged with a crime who is acquitted to get their costs actually covered by the state. so, for instance, in george zirlman's case the simple things like photocopying and a court report. you have to fly experts...
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we've already seen today obama called john kerry and congratulated him on the deal. we saw white house official ben rhodes, spokesperson for the national security council -- or foreign policy talking about it being a great and tireless work by kerry. the white house feels pretty good about this. it is the result that a lot of people in congress were saying that they wanted, which is not to have military action happen. >> and we should note here, the white house released a statement a short time ago as well applauding the plan. but the president did add, quote, if diplomacy fails, the united states remains prepared to act. at this point, gayle, how real do we think congress is taking the president's threat to use military action? >> or how real is syria taking the president's threat? if it were hard to get the hill to go forward -- i totally agree with that -- in the shadow of people being gassed to death, can you imagine several months down the road? you talk to people who have been working on this for months and there is enormous frustration that nobody is talking a
we've already seen today obama called john kerry and congratulated him on the deal. we saw white house official ben rhodes, spokesperson for the national security council -- or foreign policy talking about it being a great and tireless work by kerry. the white house feels pretty good about this. it is the result that a lot of people in congress were saying that they wanted, which is not to have military action happen. >> and we should note here, the white house released a statement a...
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we will keep an eye on kerry's news conferences. we will bring that when anything comes out of it. >>> the meeting of the minds of self rights leader and states poised for war over voter restricttions. >>> i'll spell with the reverend al sharpton about that. he is host of politics nation and i had a face-to-face with eric holder and the president. also about the congress and the ban on racial profiling on a federal level at the acquittal of george zimmerman. we will weigh in on that too. ♪ [ male announcer ] you wait all year for summer. ♪ this summer was definitely worth the wait. ♪ summer's best event from cadillac. let summer try and pass you by. lease this all-new cadillac ats for around $299 per month or purchase for 0% apr for 60 months. come in now for the best offers of the model year. ♪ you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> fresh off assigning after bill that limits a woman's access to abortion clinics north carolina's governor is set to sign one on to
we will keep an eye on kerry's news conferences. we will bring that when anything comes out of it. >>> the meeting of the minds of self rights leader and states poised for war over voter restricttions. >>> i'll spell with the reverend al sharpton about that. he is host of politics nation and i had a face-to-face with eric holder and the president. also about the congress and the ban on racial profiling on a federal level at the acquittal of george zimmerman. we will weigh in...
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secretary of state kerry meets are mohamed morsi. after the meeting the united states released nearly $200 million of promised u.s. aid to help egypt. the american israel public affairs committee begins its conference in washington today. senat it's mitt romney's first tv interview since the election. governor romney telling fox news that he wishes he was part of the action on the fiscal talks. take a listen. >> i still care. and i still believe that there are principles that we need to stand for. i look at what is happening right now. i wish i were there. it kills me not to be there, not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. >> joining me now with more on mitt romney's resurge anance. let me start with you. we just heard governor romney say that it kills him not to be in washington during this time of financial peril. how different with the sequestration show down would have been if at president romney were in the white house? >> it is a good hypothetical. probably not very different in that there would be severe cut
secretary of state kerry meets are mohamed morsi. after the meeting the united states released nearly $200 million of promised u.s. aid to help egypt. the american israel public affairs committee begins its conference in washington today. senat it's mitt romney's first tv interview since the election. governor romney telling fox news that he wishes he was part of the action on the fiscal talks. take a listen. >> i still care. and i still believe that there are principles that we need to...
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it was not unexpected, said kerry. not surprising, but he said he felt sad about it, because he felt personally connected to him. he liked him a lot. this is the man with whom kerry met only a few weeks ago in rome arguing that he should accept non-lethal aid, training of some of the selected rebel forces, but not expect weapons from the united states. now, britain and france already moving in another direction, arguing that the european arms embargo and helping have outlived its usefulness and they all should be doing a lot more military muscle to help the opposition at this critical time. the u.s., the obama administration, very reluctant to get in involved. we just had gotten out of iraq, are still in afghanistan and the american people are drained. there is growing pressure on both left and right, particularly from both carl levin, and john mccain, the leading armed services republican last week, writing to the president saying, we've got to do more. we've got to stop assad from hitting his own people from the air.
it was not unexpected, said kerry. not surprising, but he said he felt sad about it, because he felt personally connected to him. he liked him a lot. this is the man with whom kerry met only a few weeks ago in rome arguing that he should accept non-lethal aid, training of some of the selected rebel forces, but not expect weapons from the united states. now, britain and france already moving in another direction, arguing that the european arms embargo and helping have outlived its usefulness and...
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i have a great of confidence in secretary chuck hagel, secretary of defense, secretary john kerry. these are world-class, experienced people. however, i think what we're on the verge of doing and hopefully they're rethinking it, is taking infectual military measures without understanding what's the political purpose of what you're trying to achieve. if they said to use the military, they need to take decisive action. in my judgment that's 60 days of turning the u.s. air force and navy loose on the assad regime. so there's a lot of unclear muddled thinking on the part of the white house about this operation. >> so b.j., you heard some of the rhetoric may have backed him into the corner and david ignatius reporting that he needs to demonstrate there are consequences for crossing a red line, otherwise the ko herein of the global system begins to dissolve. then ironically former defense chief donald rumsfeld, one of the chief iraq war architects saying the president hasn't shown why attacking is in our best interests. >> some people say we look feckless. >> i do think the incredible is
i have a great of confidence in secretary chuck hagel, secretary of defense, secretary john kerry. these are world-class, experienced people. however, i think what we're on the verge of doing and hopefully they're rethinking it, is taking infectual military measures without understanding what's the political purpose of what you're trying to achieve. if they said to use the military, they need to take decisive action. in my judgment that's 60 days of turning the u.s. air force and navy loose on...
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secretary kerry goes to london tomorrow morning. it seems unlikely there will be more meetings tomorrow. but these things are predictably unpredictable. >> here's something interesting in the midst of all this. israel does not have an emissary in geneva and they've been strongly objecting to any deal so far. how looped in are they on what is happening right now? >> reporter: that's right. they don't have anybody here. but the american delegation, last time they had a meeting here, flew straight to tel aviv to debrief prime minister netanyahu. they're in the loop but they're not getting their way either. the israelis don't want any sanctions relief. they say these very, very tough sanctions have brought iran to the negotiating table and the sanctions are like a brick wall. if they take one brick out of it, the whole wall will collapse. they don't want to see any relief of these sanctions. but that's not what we get the feeling from the negotiating powers here. they want to strike some sort of deal and not only are the israelis going
secretary kerry goes to london tomorrow morning. it seems unlikely there will be more meetings tomorrow. but these things are predictably unpredictable. >> here's something interesting in the midst of all this. israel does not have an emissary in geneva and they've been strongly objecting to any deal so far. how looped in are they on what is happening right now? >> reporter: that's right. they don't have anybody here. but the american delegation, last time they had a meeting here,...
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kerry signed the tweet with his initials. jk, president obama is making it clear that he believes congress must take action to prevent the sequester, mr. obama said friday, after meeting with japan's prime minister that it's not too late to solve the crisis. let's take a listen. okay. we do not have that sound. we will try to bring it to you later. let's bring in our white house correspondent. thank you for coming back. how likely is it that the sequester will be averted? >> i have been talking to economists, people who are watching this from the outside, it seems like hopes are diminishing for a deal to get done by march 1st. at this point in time, it seems like what is more likely is that we will see the sequester kick in for a few weeks and then see congress and the white house deal with it when they continue with continuing resolution. it's something that is giving a lot of people kenner as they watch these events unfold. of course, that march 1st deadline just six days away now. and economists have warned that the econom
kerry signed the tweet with his initials. jk, president obama is making it clear that he believes congress must take action to prevent the sequester, mr. obama said friday, after meeting with japan's prime minister that it's not too late to solve the crisis. let's take a listen. okay. we do not have that sound. we will try to bring it to you later. let's bring in our white house correspondent. thank you for coming back. how likely is it that the sequester will be averted? >> i have been...
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we saw secretary kerry coming to sunday talk shows. does this not look good for secretary kerry, as, some are saying, he had to back pedal? >> that's the arc of this whole story. he has come out essentially as the administration's chief prosecutor of the assad regime. coming out last week on monday with the first evidence sort of explaining what the u.s. believed to be true at that time on monday, then again on friday, with that statement. even an hour after he finished speaking, the president speaking from the roosevelt room from the meeting with so many baltic state presidents. the president back pedalled. that was probably the first indication these strikes were going to be delayed. so kerry was adamant late week and worked hard over the past 48 hours or so to fall lock step with the president. >> what does the united states -- what does the president need to clearly state to fortify the united states credibility abroad at this moment you believe? >> richard, i think the president needs to do -- not just the fact we have the proof o
we saw secretary kerry coming to sunday talk shows. does this not look good for secretary kerry, as, some are saying, he had to back pedal? >> that's the arc of this whole story. he has come out essentially as the administration's chief prosecutor of the assad regime. coming out last week on monday with the first evidence sort of explaining what the u.s. believed to be true at that time on monday, then again on friday, with that statement. even an hour after he finished speaking, the...
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kerry sanders is standing by with the very latest on this. explain the crafty way these four escaped. >> reporter: well, very crafty because they found a hole in a system. but they found a way in a new system because the jail here is only really about a year old. $11 million spent for the new jail and the court complex here. the sheriff is here right now. sheriff gene cain, i'm sort of curious, first of all, not to be too rude but are you embarrassed by this? >> well, i'm not embarrassed, you know, it just happened. it happens in all jails. >> reporter: and they found a way out how? they crawled through a grate? >> it's an access panel that's in the pods and they figured out a way to take the screws out that isn't supposed to be able to be taken out. and they just found a way to get up there and they just started trying to crawl around, didn't know where they was going and when they come to a secure wall, they just started trying to break it down. >> and they did? >> broke enough for them to crawl through. >> reporter: so how thin of these? >
kerry sanders is standing by with the very latest on this. explain the crafty way these four escaped. >> reporter: well, very crafty because they found a hole in a system. but they found a way in a new system because the jail here is only really about a year old. $11 million spent for the new jail and the court complex here. the sheriff is here right now. sheriff gene cain, i'm sort of curious, first of all, not to be too rude but are you embarrassed by this? >> well, i'm not...
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kerry there. not affecting new jersey governor chris christie' fund raising efforts. just yesterday former senator scott brown hosted a fund-raiser for governor christi e in bosto. he's raising money for his 2013 gubernatorial race. on thursday he raised money at a fund raisest hosted by bob mcdonald. >>> the florida sink hole that swallowed one man alive is on the the move. it's threatening more homes. we'll get the latest in a live report next. with one very pointed question, supreme court chief justice john roberts has sparked a debate that we're going to delve into ahead. it involves racism and american geography. you're watching msnbc. lobsterfest is the king of all promotions. there's nothing like our grilled lobster and lobster tacos. the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-watering lobster entrees. like our delicious lobster lover's dream, featuring two kinds of succulent lobster ta
kerry there. not affecting new jersey governor chris christie' fund raising efforts. just yesterday former senator scott brown hosted a fund-raiser for governor christi e in bosto. he's raising money for his 2013 gubernatorial race. on thursday he raised money at a fund raisest hosted by bob mcdonald. >>> the florida sink hole that swallowed one man alive is on the the move. it's threatening more homes. we'll get the latest in a live report next. with one very pointed question, supreme...
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obama, vice president biden, congressman paul ryan, senator marco rubio and new secretary of state john kerry. she comes out at a 61% approval rating. her husband, bill clinton, who played a big part at getting president obama re-elected is speaking at a keynote conference in leesburg, virginia. joe, it's great to see you. first off, your reaction to those polls there and seeing hillary clinton at the top 61%. any surprise to you? >> no, i don't think there's a surprise at all. i think she was an admired figure before she went to the state department and it only built upon that. i wouldn't make too much from the differential between her and president obama either. when you're in office and you're fighting every day, and the fights are partisan, you know, then 30, 40% of the country is not going to be admiring of you on any given day. i think there's something, too -- the same thing happened with her husband when he left office. you know, his numbers grat you'dly went up and i think it's a recognition of what she's done over her whole career. >> right now it's a one-way street with this new we
obama, vice president biden, congressman paul ryan, senator marco rubio and new secretary of state john kerry. she comes out at a 61% approval rating. her husband, bill clinton, who played a big part at getting president obama re-elected is speaking at a keynote conference in leesburg, virginia. joe, it's great to see you. first off, your reaction to those polls there and seeing hillary clinton at the top 61%. any surprise to you? >> no, i don't think there's a surprise at all. i think...
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, it is important to note that several cabinet secretaries, including secretary hagel and secretary kerry, are meeting with the russian counterparts. what we're not going to have, president obama and putin meeting together. i think that's appropriate for right now. >> who has more to lose here, boris? >> president obama has more to lose. this continuing general perception that he's weak on foreign policy. that was a real opportunity there to work with the russians to get snowden back. putin, if he wasn't backed into a corner by a lack of american correct foreign policy -- >> really? that's -- >> henry kissinger would have been involved, or someone of that stature. somebody who understands foreign policy. this could have all been avoided. the russians are not acting with them, no question about it. president obama did the right thing by not going to the summit. the question is, what's the next step. specifically what's the next step on syria. >> perry, president obama spending a lot of time in the last few days, friday's news conference devoted to defending the nsa surveillance program. fr
, it is important to note that several cabinet secretaries, including secretary hagel and secretary kerry, are meeting with the russian counterparts. what we're not going to have, president obama and putin meeting together. i think that's appropriate for right now. >> who has more to lose here, boris? >> president obama has more to lose. this continuing general perception that he's weak on foreign policy. that was a real opportunity there to work with the russians to get snowden...
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we got a statement from secretary of state, john kerry, this afternoon condemning it as an act of terrorism. but have we heard anything or any rumblings about who might be responsible for the attack? >> well, he was very strongly anti hezbollah. the guerilla movement that operates out of lebanon, and anti bashir al assad, president of syria, with whom hezbollah alied. and this will be the second time in recent months there has been a really devastating and destabilizing attack inside lebanon that looks like it links back to the civil war in syria. and now here, you know, this is a little different from what i just said about south sudan. because if the syrian war, if the syrian civil war is going to spill over, and destabilize lebanon, then you're watching turkey, you're watching israel, you're watching jordan. and all of which are our allies of the u.s. so this is -- this is a very bad development, obviously, for someone who was a friend of the u.s., for lebanon, and for the region. >> so very briefly, heather, it sounds like what you're saying is, part of the argument, if we do continue t
we got a statement from secretary of state, john kerry, this afternoon condemning it as an act of terrorism. but have we heard anything or any rumblings about who might be responsible for the attack? >> well, he was very strongly anti hezbollah. the guerilla movement that operates out of lebanon, and anti bashir al assad, president of syria, with whom hezbollah alied. and this will be the second time in recent months there has been a really devastating and destabilizing attack inside...
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after a three-hour flight delay, secretary of state john kerry is wheels up to istanbul, turkey. he will also be visiting jerusalem, ramallah, london, seoul, beijing and tokyo on this trip. his wife, theresa heinz kerry, is also along for the ride, we are told. >>> in d.c., the fbi paid a visit to the home of former cia director, david petraeus yesterday. we do not know whether petraeus was home at the time but the fbi is still investigating whether his former mistress, paula broadwell, ever had improper acce access to classified information. >>> president obama is playing golf with white house staffers, taking criticism from republicans of late who suggested that money spent on secret service for weekend golf outings would be better spent on reopening the white house for tours. >>> and they're back. after their two-week easter recess, congress and the senate head back to washington monday. so what will they do once they're there? ab stoddard from the hill, ala hay azbladdy from the national journal and evan mcmorris from buzz feed, thanks for being with me. >> hey. >> ella hay,
after a three-hour flight delay, secretary of state john kerry is wheels up to istanbul, turkey. he will also be visiting jerusalem, ramallah, london, seoul, beijing and tokyo on this trip. his wife, theresa heinz kerry, is also along for the ride, we are told. >>> in d.c., the fbi paid a visit to the home of former cia director, david petraeus yesterday. we do not know whether petraeus was home at the time but the fbi is still investigating whether his former mistress, paula...
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we will get reaction to his treatment from fellow nebraska senator bob kerry. we will talk to him aboutt that and other things, as well. also the president's reaction says it all in this photo of the week, the president was at a preschool in decatur, georgia pushing his plan to ensure high quality programs for all children. gave out some high fives and fist bumps. we'll be right back. this is msnbc, the place for politics. aspirin, really? i haven't thought about aspirin for years. aspirin wouldn't really help my headache, i don't think. aspirin is just old school. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. what's different? it has micro-particles. enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of pain. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. visit fastreliefchallenge.com it's been said that beauty is in the ewell...behold. der. behold water so blue it me
we will get reaction to his treatment from fellow nebraska senator bob kerry. we will talk to him aboutt that and other things, as well. also the president's reaction says it all in this photo of the week, the president was at a preschool in decatur, georgia pushing his plan to ensure high quality programs for all children. gave out some high fives and fist bumps. we'll be right back. this is msnbc, the place for politics. aspirin, really? i haven't thought about aspirin for years. aspirin...
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>> well, john kerry deserves an enormous amount of credit. the ground quite honestly is not particularly fertile for a breakthrough on the middle east peace process but he is -- he is diligently going about trying to achieve what the state department calls a framework agreement which would just be, you know, kind of the underlying approach to a final status negotiation. i think this is a long-term project, there's a great deal of mistrust that's built up, particularly between prime minister netanyahu, and president abbas. they're not friends. they don't consider each other partners. so there's a lot of heavy lifting to be done here. >> so when we look at what "the new york times" is now reporting, p.j., saying that mr. netanyahu will agree to release a total of 104 palestinian prisoners over nine months of negotiations, rather than freeze settlement constructions said on monday that the protection of the settlement in the land of israel is one of the nation's vital interests. so if settlement construction continues do you think that that's th
>> well, john kerry deserves an enormous amount of credit. the ground quite honestly is not particularly fertile for a breakthrough on the middle east peace process but he is -- he is diligently going about trying to achieve what the state department calls a framework agreement which would just be, you know, kind of the underlying approach to a final status negotiation. i think this is a long-term project, there's a great deal of mistrust that's built up, particularly between prime...
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and the president has canceled trips, secretary kerry has canceled parts of his trip. secretary kerry had to fill in for obama through a long series of planned asian stops two months ago or a month ago. and so biden was already kind of playing mop-up here. when this latest crisis arose. one of the things he was going to try to do was to try to get the two close u.s. allies, japan and korea, to play more nicely with one another. now he has yet another problem with those two countries not only having tensions among themselves but both of them having separate tensions with china. >> like you mentioned, oftentimes, the president and the country's attention gets diverted somewhere else. one of those areas is afghanistan. let's go there now. the u.s. apologizing for this drone strike that killed a child. also it was a targeted insurgent this week is what they were targeting. a child was killed. an apology was issued. so now president hamid karzai is saying he doesn't want to sign the security deal until certain conditions are met, including no more drone strikes. how much of
and the president has canceled trips, secretary kerry has canceled parts of his trip. secretary kerry had to fill in for obama through a long series of planned asian stops two months ago or a month ago. and so biden was already kind of playing mop-up here. when this latest crisis arose. one of the things he was going to try to do was to try to get the two close u.s. allies, japan and korea, to play more nicely with one another. now he has yet another problem with those two countries not only...
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i'm going to vote for senator kerry. i don't agree with him a lot, but i think he's very much in the mainstream of thought. chuck hagel, if confirmed to be secretary of defense, would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards state of israel in our nation's history. >> with me now new york democratic congressman elliot engel, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee as well. congressman, i'm guessing you don't probably agree with lindsey graham a whole lot, but you have also expressed some similar concerns about chuck hagel. what are they? >> let me say this. i think that what we neat to do now. the president obviously has made his decision. the president has a right to choose his cabinet, and we have a process where the senate vices and consents. there will be hearings held. lots of things come out, and i think we out to hold our powder until then. that's the process that's happened, and i think we ought to just move forward with that. >> holding our powder, something we don't see a whole lot of
i'm going to vote for senator kerry. i don't agree with him a lot, but i think he's very much in the mainstream of thought. chuck hagel, if confirmed to be secretary of defense, would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards state of israel in our nation's history. >> with me now new york democratic congressman elliot engel, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee as well. congressman, i'm guessing you don't probably agree with lindsey graham a whole lot, but...
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. >>> secretary of state john kerry is traveling in turkey today. he is meeting with members of the syrian opposition. secretary kerry will fly to brussels monday to meet with nato foreign ministers. >>> and changes for the boy scouts. the governing board of the boy scouts of america is recommending ending that organization's ban on openly gay scouts but the board still wants to prohibit gay troop leaders. more after a break. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. and with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hail at the twilight's ♪ >> if baseball were a religion that would be one of th
. >>> secretary of state john kerry is traveling in turkey today. he is meeting with members of the syrian opposition. secretary kerry will fly to brussels monday to meet with nato foreign ministers. >>> and changes for the boy scouts. the governing board of the boy scouts of america is recommending ending that organization's ban on openly gay scouts but the board still wants to prohibit gay troop leaders. more after a break. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all...
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secretary of state john kerry was in france when the report of the 70 million phone calls came out. i don't know where this is going to lead because no one knows what the nsa has been doing. everyone's shocked at the level of eavesdropping they're carrying out everywhere, inside the u.s. and outside the u.s. >> sounds like this could just be the tip of the iceberg. david, always good to see you. >> thank you. >>> topping our saturday headlines this hour, a man who led police on a wild chase through the mojave desert has been killed in a shootout with police. police say the 39-year-old shot at passing drivers and tried to run cars along the road as he spun along 30 miles of desert highway with two hostages in his trunk. he was caught when he was stopped on the side of the road and started firing his gun into that trunk. >>> about 100 people turned out for a memorial service friday for colleen ritzer, the popular math teacher allegedly killed by her 14-year-old student this week in danvers, massachusetts. her family's set up a scholarship fund in her honor. >>> a peaceful protest in b
secretary of state john kerry was in france when the report of the 70 million phone calls came out. i don't know where this is going to lead because no one knows what the nsa has been doing. everyone's shocked at the level of eavesdropping they're carrying out everywhere, inside the u.s. and outside the u.s. >> sounds like this could just be the tip of the iceberg. david, always good to see you. >> thank you. >>> topping our saturday headlines this hour, a man who led...
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. >> david rode from rueters, you are traveling with secretary kerry next week, i understand? >> i think the administration is hoping for a deal with moscow finally to ease assad out. >> okay. >> you know, and i am not sure if it's going to happen but secretary kerry, i will be with him, meeting with president putin and foreign minister lavarov and see how the trip goes. >> travel safely, come back and give us a report if you can. david, always a pleasure, thank you. >>> back here, investigators searched areas near the university of massachusetts, dartmouth campus, where dzhokhar tsarnaev went to college. they are looking for evidence to continue to build that case against him. meanwhile, learning about the cause of death for his old brotherer. the medical examiner's office says tamerlan tsarnaev died of gunshot wounds and blunt trauma as a result of the shootout with police and his brother running over him as well while trying to escape. nbc's katy tur in boston for us on this saturday afternoon. i understand in addition to the latest on the investigation that emotions contin
. >> david rode from rueters, you are traveling with secretary kerry next week, i understand? >> i think the administration is hoping for a deal with moscow finally to ease assad out. >> okay. >> you know, and i am not sure if it's going to happen but secretary kerry, i will be with him, meeting with president putin and foreign minister lavarov and see how the trip goes. >> travel safely, come back and give us a report if you can. david, always a pleasure, thank...
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secretary of state john kerry was in the region yesterday and talked about it. sort of. >> i don't have any comment whatsoever on the condition with respect to employment or any other issue except to say to you that we have raised the issue of his whereabouts on a continuous basis and we will continue to try to seek his release and return to the united states. >> david rhode was held hostage in afghanistan himself back in 2008. he wrote a back about it with his wife, the story of a kidnapping. this levinson ordeal, before we get into it, sounds like a story line ripped straight from an episode of "homeland." we're talking with iran about its nuclear arsenal. we have this deal that's in the works. what kind of behind-the-scenes diplomatic dance has to be going on right now since this story's become public? >> i'm sure the u.s. is trying to to talk to the iranians about, do you have him? but for seven years, they've been asking that question and the iranians have been saying no. this is the longest an american has ever been held hostage. terry anderson, the brewer
secretary of state john kerry was in the region yesterday and talked about it. sort of. >> i don't have any comment whatsoever on the condition with respect to employment or any other issue except to say to you that we have raised the issue of his whereabouts on a continuous basis and we will continue to try to seek his release and return to the united states. >> david rhode was held hostage in afghanistan himself back in 2008. he wrote a back about it with his wife, the story of a...
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what kind of challenge is this for the president and secretary kerry? >> it's a big challenge for the white house. the key thing is actually democrats in congress that are very pro israel two key players chuck schumer from new york and robert menendez, a democrat from new jersey. they are very suspicious of iran and sort of closer to the israeli position of this maybe isn't a great deal. it freezes things but it doesn't deal with the core issue, the iranians want some kind of nuclear program for energy purposes in their country. they said they will not agree to a larger deal unless they have the bottom line. iran and democrats in congress are saying, no enrichment, no program. >> this is only six months and we are being allowed to have weapons inspectors from the iaea, they are heading in a week from monday to start looking at everything on a daily basis. do you think congress will give the six-month leeway its due? >> they will and what happens at the end of the six months? >> there will be a landmark deal. the iranians may try to negotiate another six
what kind of challenge is this for the president and secretary kerry? >> it's a big challenge for the white house. the key thing is actually democrats in congress that are very pro israel two key players chuck schumer from new york and robert menendez, a democrat from new jersey. they are very suspicious of iran and sort of closer to the israeli position of this maybe isn't a great deal. it freezes things but it doesn't deal with the core issue, the iranians want some kind of nuclear...
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here's kerry sanders report of the sorry of that night on "nbc nightly news." >> reporter: valujet 592 crashed ten minutes after takeoff. it went down 15 miles northwest of miami international airport. the d.c. 9 on its way to atlanta crashed in the florida everglades. the pilot radioed west of the airport that there was smoke in the cockpit. he then told the tower he was turning back. the tower watched him on the ray czar and then he disappeared. there were 105 passengers onboard, four crew members. all 109 are presumed dead. they are there is little sign of the wreckage. most of it is believed sank into the four-feet deep water here. >> the negative press that followed the disaster of plight 592 was too much for valujet. the small carrier eventually folded and later merged into air tran in 1997. >>> now here is another look at just one of the commencement speeches being given today. here is some of what tom brokaw had to say to the graduates in new orleans earlier today. >> judgments of historians will not be confined to barack obama or governor jindal. to the tea party or the nra, n
here's kerry sanders report of the sorry of that night on "nbc nightly news." >> reporter: valujet 592 crashed ten minutes after takeoff. it went down 15 miles northwest of miami international airport. the d.c. 9 on its way to atlanta crashed in the florida everglades. the pilot radioed west of the airport that there was smoke in the cockpit. he then told the tower he was turning back. the tower watched him on the ray czar and then he disappeared. there were 105 passengers...
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president obama, secretary of state kerry, and the rest of the american team i assume are giving this one all they've got. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. have a safe and happy fourth of july. coming up next, "msnbc live." >>> happy birthday, america. it's the fourth of july, 7:00 a.m. on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. out west. i'm alex witt. thanks for joining us. a very busy morning already. egyptians welcoming their interim leader after the military ousted president mohamed morsi. is this the next phase of the arab spring? >>> a major delay in implementing the president's health care law and a push for immigration reform faces an uncertain future in the house. what happens now? >>> and before tonight's fireworks another fourth of july tradition the nathan's hot dog eating contest. live this hour, one of this year's mustard belt contenders. >>> but first, repeating the revolution for the second time in just over two years, egyptians have ousted their leader and once again the country finds itself at a political crossroads. this time, it was islamist president mo
president obama, secretary of state kerry, and the rest of the american team i assume are giving this one all they've got. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. have a safe and happy fourth of july. coming up next, "msnbc live." >>> happy birthday, america. it's the fourth of july, 7:00 a.m. on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. out west. i'm alex witt. thanks for joining us. a very busy morning already. egyptians welcoming their interim leader after the...
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he directs part of his message to secretary of state john kerry. does that change that the equation in any way? >> washington speaks with one voice and the secretary of state and the president would say the same thing. not negotiating and the state department did respond to the spokesmen saying the kidnappers should release him and return directly to his family, otherwise there is nothing new. i should say as part of the video that weinstein said he also appealed to his own family not to give up the struggle and to keep pressure the media and keep his name in the media to concentrate on his plight, and he said that it's possible that if nothing comes of this he will never see them again and sad message. >> nbc's martin fletcher, appreciate it. >> the first family is enjoying the holidays in hawaii, but president obama is also keeping a close eye on several pressing issues including a new deadline concerning the affordable care act. joining me now is nbc news domenico martinara. >> good to be here. >> hope you had a good holiday. >> same to you. >>
he directs part of his message to secretary of state john kerry. does that change that the equation in any way? >> washington speaks with one voice and the secretary of state and the president would say the same thing. not negotiating and the state department did respond to the spokesmen saying the kidnappers should release him and return directly to his family, otherwise there is nothing new. i should say as part of the video that weinstein said he also appealed to his own family not to...
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secretary of state kerry met in washington yesterday, with the german foreign minister. this is what the secretary had to say after that meeting. >> we are both committed to working with the russians and with others in order to try to bring the parties together in geneva, to implement geneva one, which is a formula for a transition government, by mutual consent, with full executive authority. >> those talks have been delayed now until july at the earliest. what affect will the russian arm sales have on those meetings, have on the overall peace effort? >> well, they raise a big question about what the russian purposes are. secretary also said yesterday that this becomes a test to the russians. are they really prepared to work on a political process of transition, that inevitably means that bashar al assad will no longer be president of syria. if they are, that's one thing. but the provision of arms that they're sending right now is clearly affecting bashar assad's calculus. he thinks he's winning. he certainly thinks he can hold on. the more the arms are coming, the more
secretary of state kerry met in washington yesterday, with the german foreign minister. this is what the secretary had to say after that meeting. >> we are both committed to working with the russians and with others in order to try to bring the parties together in geneva, to implement geneva one, which is a formula for a transition government, by mutual consent, with full executive authority. >> those talks have been delayed now until july at the earliest. what affect will the...